I am trying to decide on whether to get the Shuriken or the JTV Floyd version of Variax. I prefer the way the Shuriken looks, although the JTV is pretty cool and would be happy with it.
1. My main consideration is the Shuriken doesn't have a tremelo system. So can I emulate the tremelo with the Helix using the tone nob as pitch control? Can I emulate droping pitch like a locked floyd would do? And can I emulate pitch increase and decrease like a floating floyd would do? And does it work well? I think if I can get good tremelo bar emulation on the Shuriken I would purchase it.
2. I would never use my tone control, so wondering if there was a self centering tone control that could be increased or decreased but returns to zero position automatically. Some kind of spring loaded nod. any thoughts? I'm wondering if there is a foot controller that would work this way, where is it spring loaded so sits in 0 position and forward would increase pitch and back would decrease pitch, but auto return to zero position.
3. Does the extended scale help with tracking using standard tuning? I don't really use drop tunings so don't really need the extended scale length but understand the increased string tension may help with tracking some.
4. Not critical in my buying decision, but curious, can I add Ghost Tech midi out?
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